question for people of mixed race
2007-06-19 18:41:04 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I'm Biracial/Multiracial myself and I don't have any problems making friends , establishing my identity ( mixed ) ...
I really think that it all comes down to the person's character ( and heart ) , for example last weekend I was buying some ice-cream , then this lady ( she's a dark skinned black ) started talking to me ( about her family , husband , etc ) , she made me laugh a lot , that is until my Father ( he's Black/Portuguese and very Dark Skinned , in other words '' Fully '' Black ) came , she looked at me and suddenly just turned/looked away and ignored me completely ( because I am light-skinned and the only way of me ever coming out like that , was if my Mother was White/Caucasian ) ...
Sometimes it's hard for me because I'm either too dark or too light , but I've learned to live with it ( the insults , the looks ) , because I know there will always be racist/ignorant people around , I'm not saying that everybody's racist , just to those that are , they are going to make a biracial/multiracial child's infancy more difficult , so it all comes down to who you surround this child with ( and the environment which he/she lives ) , not it's race
P.S. - I don't have any problems at school so you know , I have got triracial , black , mixed , white friends ( but I live in Africa , so I don't know how it works in the USA , but I think that it's about the same thing --- except for the '' clicks '' , we don't have '' clicks '' in other words althought we have punks , goths , preps , etc we pretty associate with one another or people from a different '' groups '' --- )
2007-06-23 05:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I'm biracial. Establishing identity, as you put it, only bothers me when I tihnk about it. I look very white, so I can pass easily. I tend to think of myself as white. But when I'm with relatives from India, I'm the only white person there. Some of my cousins make it a game to talk in Gujrati in front of me, knowing I can't understand. So it is dfficult. Biracial kids can either adopt one race or live in the middle, or forget about it. I live in the middle, I suppose.
2007-06-20 02:04:26 · answer #2 · answered by Meep <3 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
We adopted some of our children & some are biracial... chuckle, I forget which. Anyway, my youngest is Latino & has a hard time making friends with his anglo name... at least most of this is his fault as he simply refuses to talk to anyone unless they go out of their way to seek his friendship. He is however a big beautiful boy that excels at sports & all the girls adore him. Our school has very few black students (8 & 4 of those have been adopted by white parents) so I suspect they have to hang out with Latinos & Whites (we have about 35% Latinos in the grade school & 20% in HS ). However, my son is the one I worry about the most... he'd do very well if he had an outgoing personality, but the boy is a clam when it comes to talking to anyone but me.
2007-06-20 02:13:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
People that have a "problem" with it and voice their opinions make it hard. Of course, I was teased in school (just like every other kid). I identify with both of my parents, and I haven't had an identity crisis because I know that my family and friends know who I am. There's the occasional person that has a problem, but I could careless. I embrace all sides. I guess if someone lives in an area that has a lot of racist or judgmental people, it may be harder for them.
2007-06-20 01:50:24 · answer #4 · answered by : ) 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, my three kids are all of mixed race and they are great. They are white/Vietnamese and white/black. None of them have trouble making or keeping friends. Their friends are of all races. In the area where we live, every other person you see is of mixed race.
2007-06-20 01:48:58 · answer #5 · answered by deb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always found it difficult fitting in with my family not necessarily friends, because we were all of different races but my dad's family didn't like my mum so I was always defending my mum a lot to my dad's family because he was too shallow to do it himself.
2007-06-20 01:50:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
At my school half-white half-Latino kids can hang out with either group, it's not really an issue unless they make it one. Half-black half-white usually hang out with black kids.
At my school race really isn't an issue, it's evenly split black, Asian, and Latino, with a slightly fewer amount of whites. Everyone gets along, well not really, but it's not a race issue.
2007-06-20 01:46:24 · answer #7 · answered by Angelacia baybeeeeee 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No more difficult than for Jewish people, who have to face anti-semitic remarks all the time.
Just ignore them, they are ignor-ent. It would be funny if that is why we should ignore, ignorent people.
2007-06-20 02:08:05 · answer #8 · answered by michelebaruch 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No and I'm biracial myself
2007-06-20 02:17:41 · answer #9 · answered by MSxz.randOm 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, not at all. He/she will be a very special one and can live in 2 worlds
2007-06-20 17:29:31 · answer #10 · answered by grey 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋